Michael Bell
Ceist:72 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the issuing of a death certificate in relation to a person (details supplied); and when a certificate will be issued. [3613/95]
Written Answers - Death Certificate Issue.
Limerick East): The administration of the registration system is a matter for the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths and for local registrars who operate under his general direction.
I am informed by the Registrar-General that the death in question — a home death — had taken place in 1991, and that the next of kin had neglected at that time to give details to the district registrar as required by law.
As more than a year has elapsed since the death, the local registrar requires the authority of the Registrar-General to register the event and the application to the General Register Office is in respect of that authority. The initial application did not include all the appropriate information and documentation and it was necessary to write to the applicant and qualified informant, the son of the deceased, for additional contemporary documentary evidence of the death. When that has been received in the General Register Office the application will be processed with all due despatch and the necessary authority to register the death will issue to the local registrar. The qualified informant will then be advised by letter to attend at the office of the appropriate registrar. A death certificate may be obtained from the registrar when the qualified informant attends to register the death.